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all i want for christmas
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
SpinLaunch
SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
A man trading on two different laptops
Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
mushrooms
Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.
near-death experience
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
georg simmel
Cities overstimulate our senses and are full of people we don't know. Maybe humans were meant for this.
Oort Cloud
Our Solar System's outer reaches, and what's in them, was predicted long before the first Oort Cloud object was ever discovered.
biosignatures
Purely physical and chemical processes can deceive us into thinking that life is present, when it actually is not.
neanderthal dna
Today, every Homo species is extinct besides humans. But one of our close evolutionary relatives still lives on in our DNA.
theory of everything
No matter how hard we try, we will never reach a final theory that unifies scientific knowledge. The very nature of science doesn't allow it.
diversity training
Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here's how to build an effective program. 
testosterone competition
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
Omicron
There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.
When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.
detransitioners
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.